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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. The Setting of the Research
In this study, the writer uses the third grade of SMA N 1 Karanganyar as the place of the research where the writer teaches English. It is located on Jl. AW.
Moginsidi No. 17 Karanganyar. It uses KTSP
Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan
curriculum as the basic teaching and learning processes. The medium of instruction in the classes is Indonesian, which is the national language of
Indonesian. The research is carried out in August 2009 – December 2009. The
observation of the classroom to take the research data is conducted in October 2009 – November 2009. The detailed research schedule is in the following table:
Table 2. Schedule of the Research No.
Activity Time of Research
1. 2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7. 8.
9. 10.
Identifying Problems Planning 1
Acting 1 Observing 1
Reflecting 1 Planning 2
Acting 2 Observing 2
Reflecting 2 Doing Evaluation
August 2009 September 2009
October 2009 October 2009
October 2009 October 2009
November 2009 November 2009
November 2009 December 2009
B. The Subject of the Research
36 The subject of this research is the third grade students of IPA.1 class of
SMA N 1 Karanganyar. There are 45 students in this class. It consists of 23 boys and 22 girls.
The writer chooses the third grade students of IPA.1 class of SMA N 1 Karanganyar as the subject of the research based on some reasons. Firstly, the
writer is graduated from the school, therefore, he is familiar with the situation in the school. Secondly, there is a fact that several of the students are cleverer and
very active while the others have low achievement in English especially on writing. They are also passive in the teaching learning process. It seems that some
of them did not have willingness to study. Thirdly, the allocated time to study written English for the students is very limited and some students still have
difficulties in writing.
C. The Method of the Research
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